Foot support



lunes, 1930. `MARKS '1,762,025l

FOOT' SUPPORT Filed Aug. 6, I1928 Patented Jupe' 3, 11930 *UNITEU STATES JAMES' NELSON' MARKS, or LONDON, Eisenmanv roo'r surronrfj Application filed August` s, 192s, serial nacen-175i, andra' Great Britin'agust 11,1927," n Y i y This invention relates to foot supports.-

Foot supports for the treatment of weak,V flat or abnormal feet usually consist of, a1 thin metal,ivulcanite orgother plate covered u, y tacky A adhesive such as is well-lmown.;.55

5 with leather or 'a combination of rubber and Vleather and similar Vmaterials; objection to theseV forms' lof device are that they'areof a bulky'nature and take up aconsiderable amount -of Vroom'in the footwear. n n, Y

Y Other foot supports are known consisting of thin metal plate only,`qwhich is polished, enameled electroplated vor treated in order to present a smooth and neat appear-A l ance. Thesev latter while not suffering n fromthe defect and bulkiness havethe objection that if made vof steel or nickel ysilver and materials of a like kind, they give ther wearer the impression of being alternatively;

cold or hot to the feet. In the case ofsupports made of aluminum, duralumin and similar materials, it vhas beenv found that the friction set up causes a' dirty mark ory deposit to be left on the material of thestockings which. are therebyffbadly soiled.

The object of the present invention is tof provide a Vfoot support in whichall lthese disadvantages are overcome and the inven-f tion consists broadly of a foot supportvcomprising a thin metal plate having applied thereto a ycovering by means of a perpetu- Y ally tacky adhesive-such as a surface of suitable fabric orleather. f

A. further feature of the invention is the combination with a foot support of the foregoing character of a pad or dome which may vary 'in shape providing that it is within a superficial area of21L inches of-metal,A rubber, felt or other material held in position by means of the surface covering vwith no other means of -Xing than the 'adhesive'.

- covering.

A foot support terial, which may Vary in shape and outline according to theneeds of the particular foot trouble to be treated and which is covered, on the upper surface,that is that The - In the-case of'a support vltransverse arches. the invention offers ally `effectlve andV simple means of aliixing a pad"vv `case it is only necessary to peel back the according to thev invention consists therefore ofa thin metal orv other material plate, 'either V of lduralumin,v "aluminum, nickel", silver, steel or other ma-k `surface which -comesinto contact with-'the f. p

foot, kwith Va layerjof-cloth, ythi-n leather-,or the like, the -cloth or leather beingaiiixed to the metal by means of afperpetually The advantage of the latter feature' isthat lwhen the cloth becomes soiled', it maybe vremoved instantly and without difficultyV and thev new cloth canv b'e aiixed' inf position. s

wouldbe the case if thevv adhesive were'ofk a nature that yreopuired the article tolstand by ,165V l for a process of dryingout.V Thethickness :ofthe cloth is negligiblev butitrwillv be ap- Y preciatedv that any desired thickness' of ,Y t material may be employedV to suit requirev ments "The material is preferably of. a1570" nature aording slight stretch so as to ytake up the uneven. contours of the V supporting plate and lie flatk over its vsurface:without Y wrinkles orrfolds.; Y v f y required;` for sup: `@.975 porting.the,"transverse-arch of the foolt-re-. ferred to as the metatarsal arch, or support Y for vsupporting;[both the longitudinal. and

or dome of any shape desired made of metal, rubber, felt or anysuitable material of either a hard or yielding description. In such y av cloth from the front end of thev metal eX'- posing the upperl front .section of the metal n plate. The pad may be placed in the deu sired position on the plate and the cloth laid i I backsoas tocover the pad and the supporting plate again. VIn practicey it has beenre found that the padis maintained definitely in the'position required. l c o A manner ofv carryingoutvr the invention,v is illustrated by the accompanying drawings whereinc y n y V9 5l Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on B-B Y of Figure 2; f f Y Figure 2 a plan ofthe complete foot arch support; f Y f Figure '3 a transverse' section on of i if 1,762,025

Figure 2 and Figure 4: a plan of the pad or dome.

In these drawings, 2 is the usual plate of a foot arch support made of metal or other 5 suitable material, 3 a fabric covering coated on its under surface with a perpetually tacky adhesive, 4: an initially loose dome or pad made of rubberl or anyother suitable materal. The dome or pad l is shown of cir- 10" cular plan, it may however be of any other suitable shape. Y

In using the support the dome 4f is placed lon the 'plate' 2 in the desired position and then the covering 3 applied with its tacky j 15 surface against the plate and the positioned dome, when by pressing the covering all n lovenagainst the plate both the covering -andpad will be detachably held on the plate y inthe desired positions. Y 20.4 It may be of advantage in some instances 4 to coverwthe underside of the metal plate @by similar means as already described, and itf may also be found advantageous to aiiix Vbetween such covering and the underside 225.01? the `rmetal plate at the 'front end a protective material for the purpose of preventing 'ther front edge of the metal vplate from cutting into the inner sole of the shoe in the course of wear.

12,230? What I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent is zf- 1.7A4oot` arch support comprising a supf porting plate, a pad thereon, and an ini- ,tiallyV liexible covering united tothe plate `375 by-a tacky adhesive and hence also securing 'the pad in place.` Y 2, :A foot arch support comprising a sup- :porting plate,v aloose pad thereon, and an l initially flexible covering united to the plate @40, by 'a tacky'adhesive and hence securing the pad in any adjusted place on the supporting plate. Y

In Witness whereof I aliX mysignature.

JAMES NELSON MARKS.

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